PATTERN MAKING

Women's shoes

Led by industry experts, you'll learn the fundamentals of shoe design and pattern making for women's shoes. You'll gain insights on the different types of women's shoes, from dress shoes to casual ankle boots, and learn how to create patterns that are both stylish and functional.
DURATION

60 hours
300+ in-depth videos

ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED

Arsutoria tools and lasts delivered to your home

BY YOUR SIDE

1-on-1 revisions with your teacher

COURSE LEAD

Paolo

LEVEL

  • Basic
  • Advanced

TUITION FEE

€ 4500,00

The Arsutoria technical knowledge from the comfort of your home

The women’s shoe is architecture and perfection: the quality of these products lies in the harmony of the different parts that are combined to give life to unique objects. Destined to increase the sensuality of women, they have always been at the centre of the debate on comfort.
  • Base shell making for our women's lasts
  • Step-by-step pattern making techniques for the most common shoe styles
  • Paper and microfiber mockups
  • Arsutoria lasts, tools and instruments delivered to your home to follow the course

Learn at your own pace

Approximate* overall time for course completion is 120 hours which is divided in:
  • duration of pre-recorded classes: 60 hours
  • duration of individual reviews: 5 hours total there will be about 5 reviews of 40/50 minutes each (specific time will be agreed on with instructors at the beginning of the course)
  • time of individual student’s commitment to develop the course work: 70 hours
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*Approximate: please notice that besides pre-recorded videos and the review time, the additional timing calculation is an estimate based on past students’ experience. Anyhow, students work at their own pace and each individual has its own time of work development so the present data is shared to provide an idea about time needed to absorb, exercise and deliver.

2025 schedule

Winter '25
Spring '25
Fall '25
  • January 7th - April 18th, 2025
  • April 23rd - August 6th, 2025
  • September 1st - December 12th
CONTENT OF THE COURSE

What you will learn with our course

Footwear families

The theory of pattern making

Draw on last

Women's
common shoe styles

Some styles you will be working on

Pumps and straps

Pump style 01
Pump style 02
Mary Jane
T-Bar
Whole-cut pump

Sandals

Sandal style 01
Sandal style 02
Asymmetric sandal

Low boots and knee boots

Oxford ankle boot
Zipped boot
Pull-up boot
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All the tools you need


Upon enrollment, we will contact you to organize the shipping of the materials you need to follow the course

LED BY

Meet your teacher

Paolo

Technical director at arsutoria school

Paolo is an Arsutoria Alumnus from 1987. He had started as a pattern maker in his family company. The famous master Adriano Lunati asked him to join Arsutoria in 1993 as his successor. Since then he trained more than 3000 people including employees of brands such as Nike, Tod’s, LVMH, Timberland...

Course Lessons

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